Tennessee Code Title 8. Public Officers and Employees § 8-27-301

(a)(1) There is created a local education insurance committee to be composed of the governor, who may designate the commissioner of education to attend in place of the governor as a full voting member, a representative of local school boards to be selected by the Tennessee School Boards Association, the state treasurer, the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the comptroller of the treasury, the commissioner of finance and administration, and three (3) teachers appointed to represent the three (3) grand divisions under the procedure contained in § 8-34-302(a)(9).

(2) The state treasurer, the commissioner of commerce and insurance, the comptroller of the treasury, and the commissioner of finance and administration are authorized to designate an alternate representative to attend, participate, and vote at meetings of the local education insurance committee when that respective member is unable to attend. The commissioner of education also has the authority to designate an alternate representative if the commissioner of education is designated by the governor, pursuant to this subsection (a), to serve on the local education insurance committee. The designation of an alternate representative shall be made in writing to the chair of the local education insurance committee.

(1) “Claims data” means:

(2) “Instructional employee” means those persons employed by a local education agency as teachers, as defined in § 8-34-101, and who are not eligible for insurance coverage under § 8-27-202;

(3) “Local education agency” or “LEA” has the same definition as used in § 49-3-104 and includes educational cooperatives created pursuant to the Educational Cooperation Act, compiled in title 49, chapter 2, part 13;

(4) “Local education insurance committee” means the local education insurance committee created in subsection (a); and

(5) “Support staff employees” means those persons employed by a local education agency who are not instructional employees.